Alexander: Hi, I am Alexander Hacker, am 26 years old and study ESPACE in the 3rd Master semester. In October 2019 I joined the DEDRA team. Alexander: As an ESPACE student, this is right up my alley. DEDRA was originally planned as a standalone project with a whole satellite. Since the MOVE-team already has a […]
Interview with new student leads: Lars and Jacob
Lars: I was born 23 years ago somewhere around Stuttgart and came to Munich two years ago to study Electrical and Computer Engineering, now in 5th semester. Besides developing CubeSats I enjoy sports like hiking or workouts and rarely also playing piano. Jacob: I’m 25 years old, from the province of Manitoba in Canada, and […]
System Definition Review: finally completed!
Since the 3rd of June all subsystems have been working on our most recent review, the System Definition Review (SDR). If you are interested in more details, have a look at our post about the SDR. On Friday, the 9th of October, this milestone was officially completed. All our subsystems had the chance to present […]
Interview with a Mission Controler
I’m 26 years old and I’m in my 6th Masters semester studying Aerospace. Before that I did my Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering. Since my bachelor thesis, six Semesters ago. I learned about MOVE at the beginning of my Bachelor, when they were presenting all the different student groups. I wrote my bachelor thesis about the […]
Mission Control Status Update August
It is August now, means the most of our members have exams and therefore things are going a bit slower than normaly. Nevertheless the Mission Control (MC) team keeps working and learning. About nine participants were present for the latest MC training, led by Linda within the context of her master thesis. They already completed […]
Interview with a Software Engineer
Matti Ukkola is 20 years old and is studying electrical engineering in the 4th semester at Technical University Munich. He joined the DOSIS team shortly after it was founded. -I was searching for student projects during the semester break and found the WARR web page, which is also advertises the move project. Then I visited […]
Mission Control Status Update
Since Mission Control is the link between us and the satellites, it is a subsystem with great responsibility. This requires a high technological standard which is the reason the groundstation gets a software update! The new system is easier to handle, clearer and more stable than the old version. For example new diagramms are available […]
Next Milestone: System Definition Review
According to NASA a space project is divided into seven phases beginning with concept studies and ending with the decommissioning. In order to enter the next phase, milestones are defined which typically come along with a document explaining how this milestone is achieved. It is then reviewed by experts to receive feedback e.g. where are […]
Software tests & fantastic news from Mission Control
As everyone right now, we stay at home and try to make the best out of the situation. Being physically apart does not mean we stopped working. After our General Meeting went online on April 21th, May is full of new ideas regarding interaction and getting together. Like before we see and hear each other […]
First Hardware, Antenna fixing and new opportunities
It has been a while since we gave an update. But we had a lot to do and can report now a lot: > New DOSIS hardware for general testing > New antenna hardware on the roof for our satellites in orbit > New collaboration with DEDRA > Hohoho and what the future holds Earlier […]